#38554E#38554E

#38554E is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.037 H 177.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38554E
RGB	rgb(56, 85, 78)
HSL	hsl(166, 21%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(166, 34%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 0%, 8.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.75, -12.57, 0.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.75, 12.59, 177.11°)
OKLab	oklab(42.42% -0.0366 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(42.42% 0.037 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.2541, 7.8875, 8.3991)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38554E #55383F

analogous

#38553F #38554E #384D55

triadic

#38554E #4E3855 #554E38

tetradic

#38554E #3F3855 #55383F #4D5538

square

#38554E #3F3855 #55383F #4D5538

split-complementary

#38554E #55384D #553F38

monochromatic

#0C1211 #20302C #38554E #507A70 #6A9D91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#38554E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#38554E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38554E

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38554E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38554E	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53524E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4E4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#305653

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38554e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 85, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.037 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70857f',
    500: '#38554e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38554e;
$custom-light: #70857f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38554e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.517,
    "s": 20.567,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42422,
    "c": 0.03662,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38554E

secondary

#85646C

accent

#6B7FBD

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#ECEFEE

border

#C7CAC9

text

#070B0A

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38554E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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